Senior Clinical Fellow in Older Adult Medicine | The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust
| Posting date: | 20 August 2025 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £65,048 per annum |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 19 September 2025 |
| Location: | Wolverhampton, WV10 0QP |
| Company: | Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | 7367226/225-DIV2-7367226 |
Summary
Applications are invited for the position of Senior Clinical Fellow (ST3+ equivalent) in Older Adult Medicine from forward-thinking individuals. The posts provide structured training and support in gaining the skills and competencies needed to progress your career in Older Adult Medicine.
The post holder will be working with a team of Consultants, Specialist Trainees, Clinical Fellows, Core Trainees and Foundation Year Trainees, across 64 acute inpatient beds and 20 rehabilitation beds at the New Cross site. The post holder will work with the consultant team in the other services provided by the Older Adults Medicine directorate. These include Ortho-geriatrics, Dementia and Delirium In-reach, Front door Frailty, Community Geriatrics, and Perioperative medicine services.
The Older Adult Medicine team would support the post holder in relevant Quality Improvement and Research projects as they arise.
1. Support of Older Adults wards (C18/19) including ward rounds, procedures and support of more junior doctors
2. Clinical support on FSDEC including patient selection and assessment, requesting and interpreting investigations and discharge decisions as well as review of patients in Hot clinic.
3. Clinical support of the orthogeriatric service including assessment of new and unwell patients
4. Support of other older adults services including dementia/ delirium, rehabilitation, urgent community response and virtual ward and clinics as required.
The Trust is a supportive working environment committed to creating flexible working arrangements that suit your needs and as such will consider all requests from applicants who wish to work flexibly.
We welcome applicants with specialist interests. You will have an excellent track record in your field and be able to work effectively as part of a team. You will need to have strong leadership and communication skills. We can accommodate most working pattern requests and special interests so please feel free to contact us to discuss your requirements.
To work appropriately and effectively within your clinical team within the limits of your competency under clinical and educational supervision.
In conjunction with Consultant and Senior colleagues, and commensurate with your grade, to play a full part in the supervision and support of other members of your team including more junior medical staff .
In conjunction with colleagues, to take responsibility for the best use of departmental staffing and other resources to ensure the maximum efficiency of the department.
In conjunction with colleagues, to ensure that the requirements of clinical governance are met and to take part in medical audit and research as appropriate.
To accept a duty to other staff and patients to ensure that any risks, incidents and hazards are reported and managed appropriately.
In conjunction with colleagues, to play a full part in the rota for the department and to provide cover for colleagues in respect of periods of leave and, under agreed circumstances, to be available to provide emergency cover.
To ensure that there are adequate arrangements for hospital staff involved in the care of your patients to be able to contact you when necessary.
This advert closes on Wednesday 3 Sep 2025